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Driving a winning concept, Year 13 Commerce students Patrick Anderson and Louis Hastie have taken the honours during the College business incubator programme with their high-end mobile vehicle detailing start-up, Alpine Autos.

Their impressive elevator pitch has wowed all three PwC New Zealand Old Boy judges, Mike Crawford, Ben Williams, and Luke Alderton.

Commerce teacher Logan Ball has praised the boys鈥� commitment and analytic skills, noting that the judges have been 鈥渕ost impressed by Alpine Autos鈥� attractive profit generation鈥�.

As Patrick Anderson explains, the idea for Alpine Autos comes from their past experience.

鈥淲e both have had unofficial jobs cleaning family members鈥� cars, and friends鈥� cars,鈥� he says. 鈥淔rom this, we had the idea from businesses in the United States to make the car cleaning business a mobile one. Meaning that we clean cars at the customer鈥檚 desired location, rather than at our own set location. We put these concepts together to form our business.

鈥淲ith Alpine Autos, we hope to achieve a strong reputation for good customer service and honesty. Customers are our No.1 priority, and our strong focus on achieving this goal has been fundamental to our success. If we decide to expand, we will hire staff so that they work on our frontline and Louis and I can spend maximum time on the business.鈥�

Alpine Autos is among a trio of concepts presented to the judges at the PwC offices in 秀色直播church, with students delivering promising elevator pitches.

鈥淎ll boys in this programme have displayed strong, entrepreneurial spirit, courage, and dedication to their business outcomes,鈥� Logan says. 鈥淭he business incubator programme provides an authentic learning experience, with boys mentored by successful members of the College community while being exposed to commercial environments.鈥�

An innovative ski carrier, Lifties has also caught the eyes of the judges. Developed by Harry Beaglehole, Murphy Dargue, Matty Hickman, Henry Thin, and George Matthews, Lifities securely carries poles and skis, adhering to its slogan 鈥榮kiing made easy鈥�.

Meanwhile, 鈥� a specialist sports support, and nutrition-crammed product created by Thomas Wright, Truman Heath, Jack Baker-Sherman, and Jackson Garry 鈥� has also packed a punch.

The Power Packs team has already created a website, marketing collateral, and a financial plan for the gym bag jammed with products to support and nourish gym users.

鈥淥ne of the main things that aided us was using our business mentors to help us work through the process,鈥� Thomas explains. 鈥淲e also kept each other accountable. We are all very passionate about our business and believe in our product and that has made us strive to work hard and complete tasks in order to start Power Packs.

鈥淭he idea for Power Packs came from a lot of brainstorming within the group. We noticed a problem for people starting out at the gym and getting into fitness and not knowing what was a good product to support their programme. It can be daunting for someone new to a fitness regime to see all the products on offer. We have ended up with a pack that kick-starts the fitness experience and offers a wide range of products.

鈥淲ith Power Packs, we hope to enable people of all ages who are new to gym-style training. We also aim to help less fortunate people get into fitness. We have started a partnership with a local charity and people who purchase our product can choose to donate a pack to a charity that also helps people get into fitness.鈥�

All the students have developed their concepts as part of their NCEA Level 3 Business Studies classes.